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Definition of Tramontana
1. Noun. A cold dry wind that blows south out of the mountains into Italy and the western Mediterranean.
Definition of Tramontana
1. n. A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic.
Definition of Tramontana
1. Noun. A dry, cold north wind in Italy and adjacent Mediterranean areas. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tramontana
Literary usage of Tramontana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"tramontana. The Italians give this name to the north wind, ... This gave rise to
the saying perder la tramontana—applied to one who loses his way—a metaphor ..."
2. Meteorology, Weather, and Methods of Forecasting, Description of by Thomas Russell (1895)
"tramontana.—On the Italian side of the Adriatic Sea, the same wind which blows
from the mountain along the shore is called the "tramontana. ..."
3. Diary of an Idle Woman in Italy by Frances Elliot (1871)
"A Hot Day in Rome—Sunsets—The tramontana—Classical Recollections of Albano and
Castello—The Festa of the Madonna del Tufo —Characters. ..."
4. The Italian Lakes: Being the Record of Pilgrimages to Familiar and by William Denison McCrackan (1907)
"... the tramontana wind bears down fiercely upon Stresa, clarifies the atmosphere
to crystal purity, produces a veritable and formidable fresh-water surf, ..."
5. The Chronicles of Rabbi Joseph Ben Joshua Ben Meir, the Sphardi by Joseph (1836)
"tramontana, by which the mariners and seafaring men are guided and direct their
way; and they reeled to and fro, and staggered like a drunken ,jnan*; ..."
6. Elementary Meteorology by Robert Henry Scott (1893)
"The wind contrasted with the Scirocco, along the Adriatic, is known as the '
tramontana,' a name which explains itself. It is, of course, generally speaking ..."
7. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1892)
"... wind coming over sea from Africa ; Imt also applied to any south wind, often
moist and warm, as opposed to the tramontana or north wind, from the lulls. ..."
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